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...This could be the beginning of the end." JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, Spanish Prime Minister, after the Basque separatist group ETA, which has killed more than 800 people over the past 40 years in its quest for Basque independence, announced a permanent cease-fire...
...most of the 20th century - a record that bolstered their claim to be the "natural" party of government. But even natural parties come to a natural end. The tipping point came from disclosures in 2004 that funds from a $250 million federal scheme to buy the loyalty of separatist-leaning Francophones in Quebec were siphoned off in illegal kickbacks to Liberal Party operatives. Opposition parties competed in expressions of high dudgeon. "This is a dark time for democracy in Canada," declared Jack Layton, leader of the left-wing New Democratic Party. The first postscandal attempt to unseat the government...
...WITHDRAWN. INDONESIAN ARMY TROOPS; from war-torn and tsunami-devastated Aceh province; after a bloody, 26-year conflict against the separatist Free Aceh Movement (G.A.M.). The last of 24,000 nonlocal troops departed in accordance with a peace deal prompted by the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami, which killed as many as 170,000 in Aceh; 14,500 local troops will remain. "I hope this really means peace is at hand," said G.A.M. spokesman Irwandi Yusuf...
...None of this would have much long-term consequence if it were not for the reviving separatist threat in Quebec. The secessionist Parti Quebecois last month elected a young and vibrant leader in Andre Boisclair, who has vowed to call a new referendum on Quebec sovereignty at his first opportunity. That could come within two years if his party can defeat the moribund ruling provincial Liberal party in the next provincial election. An acrimonious federal campaign followed by another weak and divided government in Ottawa will not do much for the federalist hopes in Quebec or even national unity...
Andre Boisclair, who graduated from the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) in June, became the first openly gay leader of a major North American political party earlier this month by winning the leadership of the separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) in Canada. Even after Boisclair admitted to using cocaine in office, he secured 58.6 percent of his party’s vote and is promising to put forward a referendum on Quebec’s sovereignty within the next two years. With his party gaining momentum following the election, Boisclair has his sights set on the Premiership of Quebec. Securing such...